Nagapattinam (Tamil Nadu): As many as 6 refugees were arrested by ‘Q’ division officials allegedly for trying to escape to Sri Lanka illegally from Velankanni in Nagapattinam District of Tamil Nadu, informed the police on Wednesday.
The group was arrested from a hostel in Velankanni during a raid. The arrested refugees were identified as Kanujan (34), Jenibarraj (23), Dinesh (18), Bhuvaneshwari (40), Dushyanthan (36), and Satheeswaran (32), they added.
During the interrogation, the accused revealed that they were planning to escape to Sri Lanka in an illegal powerboat owned by one Selvam of Poombuhar area of Mayiladuthurai district, Tami Nadu.
It was revealed that they had left their camp for the last few days and had taken rooms at Velankanni.
They told the police that they had agreed to pay Rs 17 lakh rupees to Selvam to go to Sri Lanka.
Subsequently, the police confiscated Rs 17 lakh that had been paid to escape in the illegal boat.
Nagaipattinam Q Division police are investigating the 6 refugees for further details.
Further investigation is underway.
(With inputs from ANI)
